Sandpit, County Louth
Sandpit (Irish: Clais an Ghainimh)[1] is a small village in the rural hinterland of Drogheda in County Louth, Ireland. It lies in the townland of Milltown,[1] which had a population of 213 as of the 2011 census.[2]
Location
[edit]Sandpit is located approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Drogheda, off the road to Termonfeckin. The village lies in civil parish of Termonfeckin,[1] between the M1 motorway and the coast, where there are beaches and golf courses at Baltray and Seapoint.[citation needed]
Amenities
[edit]Within the village is a 19th-century church,[3] a small supermarket,[4] and the local national (primary) school.[5] Also nearby is a community hall,[4] which is used by some local organisations and houses a playschool.[citation needed]
The Catholic church, the Church of the Assumption,[3][4] is in Termonfechin parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Armagh.[6]
Sandpit National School, which was founded in 1956,[5] had an enrollment of approximately 260 pupils in 2012.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Clais an Ghainimh / Sandpit". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "CD163 - Louth Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
Population [..] Townlands [..] Milltown, Termonfeckin, Co. Louth [..] 213
- ^ a b "Catholic Church of the Assumption, Milltown (Termonfeckin par.), Louth". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ a b c "So where does Sandpit begin?". independent.ie. 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Sandpit N.S. - Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál". scoilmhuirec.ie. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Parish Details - Termonfechin". armagharchdiocese.org. Archdiocese of Armagh. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
Church of the Assumption, Sandpit
- ^ "Population grows by 121 per cent in Termonfeckin". independent.ie. 2 May 2012. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
53°46′13″N 6°18′32″W / 53.7703°N 6.3089°W
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